Karnataka govt considering 6 locations for 2nd airport for Bengaluru: Minister

Karnataka govt considering 6 locations for 2nd airport for Bengaluru: Minister

Large and Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development Minister M.B. Patil expects the new airport to be ready by 2035. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K The Karnataka government will need to acquire 3,000 to 5,000 acres of land for setting up a new international airport as big as Kempegowda International Airport in north Bengaluru with a … Read more

AIDSO hits out at NMC for penalising govt. medical colleges in Karnataka

AIDSO hits out at NMC for penalising govt. medical colleges in Karnataka

Student activists in Mysuru have hit out at the National Medical Commission (NMC) for penalising medical colleges in the State. “NMC had issued notices to several medical colleges penalising them for not reaching the prescribed standard required to run a medical college. As many as 13 government medical colleges and 11 private medical colleges have … Read more

Kerala Assembly: Govt to submit calendar to Railways seeking special trains to State during festival seasons

Kerala Assembly: Govt to submit calendar to Railways seeking special trains to State during festival seasons

Minister V. Abdurahiman says the number of coaches in the second Vande Bharat train plying through Kerala will be increased to 16. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU The Kerala government will submit a calendar this month (July) to the Railways for allocation of special trains to Kerala from major cities during festival seasons, Minister for Sports … Read more

Free treatment schemes in doldrums in Kerala due to huge outstanding dues from govt, says Opposition Leader

Free treatment schemes in doldrums in Kerala due to huge outstanding dues from govt, says Opposition Leader

Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan (file) | Photo Credit: Sreejith R. Kumar Public sector hospitals in Kerala are on the brink of financial ruin because of the huge arrears the government owes them, Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan said in the Kerala Assembly on July 2 (Tuesday). During his address on the adjournment … Read more

Telangana govt. to study housing schemes in different States ahead of Indiramma project launch  

Telangana govt. to study housing schemes in different States ahead of Indiramma project launch  

The State government has decided to study housing schemes for the poor and weaker sections under implementation in different States before taking up the Indiramma housing scheme here. Deputy Chief Minister (Finance and Energy) Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has directed officials of the Housing department to visit different States in this regard and submit a comprehensive … Read more

Govt. will give a push to MSME sector, says Kondapalli Srinivas

Govt. will give a push to MSME sector, says Kondapalli Srinivas

FAPSIA president V. Murali Krishna and Aster Ramesh Hospital chairman Dr. Ramesh Babu exchanging a copy of an MoU in presence of MSME Minister Kondapalli Srinivas, at a programme organised in connection with International MSME Day celebrations in Vijayawada on Thursday. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao MSME, SERP and NRI Empowerment and Relations Minister Kondapalli … Read more

Massive corruption in allotment of land plots by Gujarat govt.: Congress

Massive corruption in allotment of land plots by Gujarat govt.: Congress

Gujarat Congress chief Shaktisinh Gohil on June 16 accused the State BJP government of massive corruption and irregularities in the allotment of land plots by the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) in Dahej and Saykha industrial zones. In a press conference on Sunday, Mr. Gohil, sharing government documents, said that the GIDC — the nodal … Read more

Rajasthan govt to use AI-based tech to bolster health services in state, say officials – ET HealthWorld

Rajasthan govt to use AI-based tech to bolster health services in state, say officials – ET HealthWorld

Jaipur: Health services in Rajasthan will be made more robust and patient-friendly using innovations in medical science and artificial intelligence-based technologies, officials said on Wednesday. For this, a team of officials of the Medical Education Department will visit the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on June 6 and June 7 … Read more

Govt. decision to start Early Childhood Care and Education in primary schools opposed

Govt. decision to start Early Childhood Care and Education in primary schools opposed

Members of Karnataka Rajya Anganwadi Naukarara Sangha staging a protest outside the KKRDB office building in Kalaburagi on Monday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Demanding that the State government withdraw the circular issued to start Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in government lower primary schools, anganwadi workers from seven districts of Kalyana Karnataka region … Read more

Congress accuses Rajasthan govt. of failing to manage heatwave situation

Congress accuses Rajasthan govt. of failing to manage heatwave situation

Women cover their face to protect themselves from the scorching heat on a hot summer day, in Jaipur. | Photo Credit: PTI With the BJP government in Rajasthan claiming that the situation is under control amid the searing heat this summer, the Opposition Congress on Friday accused the health authorities of suppressing the number of … Read more